Guide to the Aleta Styers Papers on the National Organization for Women, 1966-1971

  • IdentificationMS66
  • Title
    • Guide to the Aleta Styers Papers on the National Organization for Women
    • Styers, Aleta
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Date1966-1971
  • OriginationStyers, Aleta
  • Physical Description1.00
  • RepositoryCharles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Deering Library, Level 3 1970 Campus Drive Evanston, IL, URL: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/spec Email: special.collections@northwestern.edu Phone: 847-491-3635
  • AbstractThe National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) was established on June 30, 1966 in Washington, D.C., by people attending the Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of Women. Aleta Styers was president of the Chicago chapter of the National Organization for Women founded in 1966 in Washington, D.C. The material in this collection relates to the formation and early history of the Chicago chapter of N.O.W. as well as the Illinois branch of the organization between 1966 and 1972.

Aleta Styers was president of the Chicago chapter of the National Organization for Women, which was founded in 1966 in Washington, D.C. The material in this collection relates to the formation and early history of the Chicago chapter of N.O.W. as well as the Illinois branch of the organization between 1966 and 1971. Holdings consist of correspondence, membership lists, financial information, miscellaneous notes for speeches and articles, flyers, newspaper clippings, and information on the testimony of members of the Chicago chapter of N.O.W. at the U.S. Department of Labor hearings in Chicago in 1969.

  • NamesNational Organization for Women. Chicago Chapter
  • Subject
    • Feminism--Illinois--Chicago
    • Feminism--Societies, etc.

Aleta Styers donated the material in this collection to the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections.

Sigrid Pohl Perry, September 1996.

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Aleta Styers was president of the Chicago chapter of the National Organization for Women founded in 1966 in Washington, D.C. The material in this collection relates to the formation and early history of the Chicago chapter of N.O.W. as well as the Illinois branch of the organization between 1966 and 1972. Holdings consist of correspondence, membership lists, financial information, miscellaneous notes for speeches and articles, flyers, newspaper clippings, and information on the testimony of members of the Chicago chapter of N.O.W. at the U.S. Department of Labor hearings in Chicago in 1969.